Rain-shield for automobiles.



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0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANEE'L.

. EHDLSHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented iteh. tel ll mu.

n gi fliriaxzimi fill-til, August: 533, 1918. Serial No. 251,594.

ii -a it known {'lliii, hut-in -l't ileum a citizen oi the l mited t tate v ol kllltl'lvfl. and ltwltl l'll' of For; yuo in the wuuly of fallen and bituta f l zuliaum have invented eertain new and useful lliu u'orenueuh-i iu lluiu-i'ihieldu tor liunnhilem ot' whieh the) i-rilh'iwingg is a ital'ion.

This inrentiw relutm to lit!jlifni'eliltlli'fi in min shielda l'ozuu't ioohile and eupe eia l5 adapted to that eluu; oi llill' llUillltH in which eleetrical apparatus in aituatetl upon the dashluisanl beneath the wiml-:-:hield and exposed more or less to the peuetratimi of moisture and ronuequent disahlenieut.

The object of the invention is to a'tl'ord a device that may readily he applied to such automobiles as those referrml to, and that. will obviate difficulties; aeiuing from the pent tration of lnfilSllHO through the eowl and dash into the eleeti'ical apparatin; situated heneath the wilul-shield,

The objects ot the invention are areoinplished by the eonutruetiou illustrated in the aeeompanying drawings in whieh 7 Figure l is a view in perspective showing in partau automohihand with the n'esent inrention upplimll thereto; and

Fig. 2 is a Shit! elevation oi the device. the snap-hooks heingr omitted.

Similar eharaeters o't referent-e indicate corresponding parts in hot): \'le\\'s and re terring now to the same A is a ledge mum-Mingot a metallic plate shaped alongits rear edgre with a ens-red portion B and at its t'ront edge with an underturnad portion F. that part of the ledgre hetween the ('lll'Wtl and underturned portionheing fiat.

Secured in the miderfurnedportion C is the rear edge oi an apron l) composed of Water proof 'Faht'i and to eaeh tot-ward corner of the latter is seemed and extends therefrom a strap E having attached at its outer end a Snap-hook F.

In applying the device to an autoniohihn the eurved portion ll of the'ledge is introdueed between the cowl (l of the automohiie and the lower rail H of the wiml-uhietd Frame of the automobile with the that portion of the ledge A extending" forwardly 'lhe apron I is drawn out over the hood it so as to cover its rear portion and is held in place by eonneeting the snap-hooks h with vwuitahle eyes K properl loeated tor the purpose on the frame L of the automobile upon the opposite sides of its hood.

When thus placed in nosition the joint M between the hood and eowlis eovered hy the; apron anrl the ledge .k with its ('lli'Ylll rear portion 13 affords a shelter that r-sheilu the rain and diverts its course away from the juneture la -tween the cow] and the wind Shield-frame so that the eleetrieal apparatus usually located upon the dash beneath the cow] is sheltered from moisture due to rain striking; toward the \vhul'uhiehh cowl and hood.

What T. claim is:

In a device of the (lass (Ieserihe-d. a mutatlie ledge having a curved inner edge adapted to be iutrodueed and held between the eowl and Wind-shieldframe of an auton'iohile. and an apron attached to the Forward edge of the, ledge and llfl\'lll, f lll0tlns attached to- :aeh of its forward corners for seellllng the apron OVEI' the juncture between the hood and the cowlof the automobile.

Tn testimony whereof T atiix my siguaturm in presenee of two Witnesses.

FRED Vi. lll lll). VVitnessea FRANK M. HOGAN, MATTLDA M muLnR.

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